Paste-jar.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

' y B. W. PEARCE.

PASTE JAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 10, 1905.

fizdezzfan 5171f 5 No. 789.701 Patented May 9, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELWOOD W. PEARCE, OF MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO RUSSIA CEMENT COMPANY, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

PASTE-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,701, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed February 10, 1905. Serial No. 245,028.

To all whom it y concern! than the diameter of the brush-receiving por- Be it known thatI, ELWooD WV. PEARCE, of tion of the handle, so that the thumb and Milton, in the county of Norfolk and State of fingers are enabled to firmly grasp the handle Massachusetts. have invented certain new and and prevent it from slipping outwardly in 5 useful Improvements in Paste-Jars, of which the direction indicated by the arrow 00 in Fig. 45 the following is a specification. 1. 0 and 0 represent obliquely-extending This invention relates to jars for containwebs formed at the upper and lower portions ing an adhesive-such as paste, mucilage, of the rests Z2 said webs constituting stops &c.which is ordinarily applied by a brush, which engage the thumb and fingers and pre- 1 and has for its object to provide a paste-jar vent the handle from slipping downwardly. 5" having a handle of improved form adapted to The said webs also strengthen the handle and be securely gripped between the thumb and reduce liability of breakage of the same at finger without liability of slipping, the said the neck portion I). handle serving also as a brush-receptacle. It will be seen that the handle above de- 5 The invention consists in theimprovements scribed enables the jar to be conveniently 55 which I will now proceed to describe and grasped and securely held between the thumb claim. and finger without liability of accidental dis- Of the accompanying drawings, forminga placement in any direction. The concave part of this specification, Figure 1 represents form of the rests b 6 enables the thumb and 20 a side elevation of a paste-jar embodying my finger to have an extended bearing on the 60 invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on handle and to therefore prevent the handle line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perfrom twisting or turning between the thumb spective view of the handle portion of the jar. and finger. This control is aided by the webs The same reference characters indicate the 0 c, which are adapted to bear on the upper 25 same parts in all the figures. portions of the thumb and finger. 5

In the drawings, a represents the body por- I claim tion of the paste-jar, the same being prefer- A paste-jar having a hollow handle formed ably of cylindrical form, and Z) represents the on one side of the body of the receptacle, said handle portion, which is preferably integral handle constituting a brush-holder, and hav- 3 with the body, the two being molded from ing recessed finger and thumb rests at its 7 0 glass or other like material. The handle is a sides, and webs extending across said rests hollow boss or projection containing a brushand forming stops to engage the thumb and receiving cavity 5 and having at its opposite finger. sides concave seats or faces 6, which form the In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig- 3 5 sides of a 1neck (polrtiofi 6 between the clavitiecs1 nature in presence of two witnesses.

of the bot y an ianc e portions. Tie sai faces 6 are shaped, as indicated in Fig. 2, to ELWVOOD PEARCE form rests for a thumb and finger, between Witnesses: which the handle is grasped. The Width of C. F. BROWN,

4 the neck portion between the rests b is less E. BATCHELDER. 

